“Every day was a fight. I felt like I was the only one protecting the castle.” When Aaron, a founder at the helm of a growing scale up, arrived at our retreat in Nature Reserve of South-West Portugal, he was deep in the trenches of entrepreneurship. A tough year behind him, stress mounting, and the overwhelming sense that everything depended on him. “I was feeling really stressed out and overwhelmed by all the burdens of being an entrepreneur… I even gave this metaphor at th

August 11, 2022 #1 EVERYTHING HAS ITS PURPOSE  In the supermarket downtown, I weigh off what food to bring. Weight vs. nutritional value. I bring a lot of nuts, seeds, dried fruit, dried beans, eggs. Everything I will buy I will need to carry in my backpack on my Mountainbike for 1000m climb (1 hr ride). The cabin we are staying is 20m2. Just a bedroom & a living area. No electricity. No heating. No running water. No wifi.  It is simple, but everything is well thought through

December 29, 2023 How you view the world affects your reactions, decisions, actions, and conversations. Our mind is wired to find...

Burnouts, quiet quitting, the great resignation, and founders leaving their own companies. The way we are working isn’t working. The consciousness of people has evolved, and we expect different work environments where we can develop as a person, and make meaningful impact as a team. Where we can express ourselves, and bring ideas to life. Not just to be one cog in the machine, following orders, to an outcome we don’t believe in. When we aren't solely driven by our ego (fear o

It's time to reimagine how we work. A paradigm based on trust, autonomy and regeneration. This article explores the concept of trust, how it works, and why trust is the starting point. Control does not match the current consciousness of people anymore. The system is breaking. A record number of people are resigning, burning out, or just doing the bare minimum (quiet quitting). People feel trapped, stressed, and limited by the way they are being controlled inside organisations

The way we are working isn't working. It is time for a new paradigm. Our nature, many companies, and many people are in crisis. From deforestation, and soil degradation, to lack of water,  to the COVID pandemic and inflation. As well as the 'Great Resignation', “quiet-quitting”, to record numbers of burnouts, and mental health issues. The challenges are abundant. How can we take action? Where to start? And how does the way we design our organisations and our leadership roles